By Mary Conroy Directed by Zohar Fuller
A WELCOME FROM OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Dear Friends:
Welcome to the last show in our Season of New Plays, Every Piece of Me by between Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and the Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre. It has been, in our considered and prejudiced opinion, madly successful. These talented designers, directors, actors, and playwrights entertainment. It has been a real thrill for all of us!
In Mary Conroy’s Every Piece of Me, an Irish ex-pat daughter and her newly- minted American husband return to meet the parents. Secrets abound in repercussions. We hope you enjoy this journey as much as we are excited to bring it to you.
the weekend of May 13-14th, we celebrate more new works (full-lengths and ten-minute plays) in our Boston Theater Marathon at the Calderwood Pavilion in Tremont Street’s Boston Center for the Arts. Please join us for our Warm- mom!
Thanks for your presence this season. It has meant the world to us!
Sincerely,
Jim Petosa, Director Kate Snodgrass, Director College of Fine Arts Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theatre present Every Piece of Me by Mary Conroy directed by Zohar Fuller
Scenic Design Lindsay Fuori Aaron Henry Sound Design J Jumbelic Costume Design Stephanie K. Brownell Dramaturgy Alexis Scheer Stage Manager Katherine Humbert* Assistant Stage Manager Kate Bartels Assistant Costume Design Tori Moline Benjamin Murphy Keithlyn Parkman Ida Aronson, Amanda Holt, Aurelia Lyman, Becky Marsh, Jen Russo Dialect Coach Anmol Dhaliwal, Jake Mellen, Linda Seminario Costume Masters Tori Moline, Laura Neill Run Crew Katherine Kvacek Paint Charge Trish Torpey House Managers Rockwell, Sarah Shin CAST Bridie Joe Maureen Adduci Joe Stephen Cooper* Aine Sarah Hirsch Deirdre Maggie Markham Hunter Charlie Tisch
Every Piece of Me
The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.
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minute drive of my home in Miami, Florida. Safe, legal places I can access if I nod to Tina Fey’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt the fearless and unbreakable female spirit. And I marched in support of these search. I marched because though these buildings were faceless in my mind, the people who need them were not. Are not. I know them. You know them.
Mary Conroy takes us home to a place where there are no clinics at all. Despite The Catholic church’s hold on the country is palpable. The Catechism states, “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of you have to travel to another country. You cannot go home. But the women, the - remain unbreakable.
The Irish Family Plan- .
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Maureen adducI (Bridie Joe) is very pleased to be making her BPT debut. Exit Strategy by Ike Holter. Also with Zeitgeist: The Normal Heart Time Of My Life and Tiny Kushner Flesh and Blood, all directed Lifers Marks), Maiden Phoenix: Playhouse Creatures (dir: Anna Trachtmann), Hun- Cry of the Reed (dir: Danny Goldstein), All My Sons Becky Shaw (dir: Peter Dubois). Thanks to Kate for the opportunity, and to Mary and Zohar for such a wonderful journey.
is a second-year MFA candidate and an avid Saints fan, Kate received her BA in Theatre Design and Technology from Louisiana State University before moving to New York and working as the
STePHanIe K. BrOWneLL (costume design) is an interdisciplinary writer, art- ist, and educator based in Boston. Local design credits include Franklin, The Honey Trap, Sickle, and Restricted (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. From the Deep (FringeNYC); Eyes Shut. Door Open. Radium Girls (Anthem Theatre Company); and Julius Caesar (Bridge Rep). Assistant cos- tume design: Fiddler on the Roof (New Repertory Theatre), and Bride*Widow*Hag Hello Again (Bridge Rep). Stephanie is the - designs: The Fear Project Carroll University. skbrownell.com
Mary cOnrOy (Playwright) - television spec pilots. Last year, her original television pilot Proud Mary was Good Morning Detroit
5 says, “This process has been a learning experience in all areas of my life. I’ve learned that my family are my strength, my mentors are my guiding lights, and my supporters are my anchors. To PJ and the kiddies, I am forever grateful. To my mother and step-mother, your unwavering support has pushed me forward. calmness, what a journey it has been. To the actors, Stephen, Maureen, Sarah, Charlie, and Maggie, I am in awe of your professionalism and hard work. To
STePHen cOOPer* (Joe) Playwrights’ Theatre, although he worked on this very stage in one of its earli- Nora Hussey. He’s also appeared here in Theresa Rebeck’s The Family of Mann Blinders The Mater- Half-Wits
ZOHar FuLLer (director) is a Boston-based director, performer and educator. has directed God’s Ear, Uncommon Women and Others, The Shape of Things, and Blue/Orange The T Party - - shire Theatre Group, Lyric Stage, Nora Theatre, Liars and Believers, and Double University.
LIndSay FuOrI (Scenic design) is currently pursuing her BFA in Scenic Design from Boston University. She is delighted to make her Boston Playwrights’ Theatre debut with Every Piece of Me. Previous design credits at BU include The Cherry Orchard, In the Heart of America, and Dancing at Lughnasa. She is currently working on La Llorona with Fresh Ink Theatre Company.
SaraH HIrScH (aine) is so excited for her debut with the incredible Boston Playwrights’ Theatre! She is a sophomore Theatre Arts major at Boston Univer- aspects of theatre-making. Her previous credits at Boston University include
6 being a company member of the devised piece Women in Character with the extraordinary Judith Chafee. She wants to thank the rest of the cast and the night rehearsals!
KaTHerIne HuMBerT* (Stage Manager) is delighted to be working on an- The Atheist and Memorial earlier this season. She has spent several years with - atre Company’s and Arcadia, and the Underground Railway SILA, A Disappearing Number, and Mr. g. She has also The Other Place and Arabian Nights. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, she returned to the Boston area several years ago to explore the theatre scene and has been enjoying of Matchless and The Happy Prince management credits include: Into the Woods (Weston Drama Workshop), Trans- Company
J JuMBeLIc (Sound design) years. He most recently designed Franklin at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. Previ- ous designs include: The Honey Trap and Faithless (BPT); A Palpable Hit pre- sented by Cambridge Historical Tours; (Provincetown Ten- A Great Wilderness (Zeitgeist Stage Company); and The Laramie Project jjumbelic.com
MaGGIe MarKHaM (deirdre) is thrilled to return to Boston Playwrights’ The- The Honey Trap. She is currently a student in the Boston University School of Theatre and is grateful to her teach- ers and mentors in the program for this opportunity. Many thank yous to her friends and family for all of the endless love and support!
TaSHa K. MaTTHeWS (assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to Franklin. Some recent Laughing Wild (HUB Theatre Company); The Voices of We A Street Car Named Desire, The Last Days of Ju- das Iscariot, and The Most Dangerous Woman (4th Wall Stage Company); 42nd Street Death and the Maiden Project).
TOrI MOLIne (assistant costume design, costume Master) is a costume designer and hair and makeup designer working in the Boston area. She is new to the BPT team and couldn’t be more excited! She is currently a senior at Sweeney Todd (Lyric Stage
7 Company), costume design for Argyles (UMB), costume assistant for Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them Wild Williams (Beau Jest Moving Theatre), and Company (Lyric Stage Company). aLexIS ScHeer (dramaturg) from The Boston Conservatory and is an MFA candidate at Boston University. cHarLIe TIScH (Hunter) is excited to be performing in Every Piece of Me, - professional theatre in the Boston area. Most recently, Charlie worked on Of Blood and Dirt, a new work at Boston University.
SPECIAL THANKS American Repertory Theater, Lucky Shamrock (Quincy, MA), Cynthia Chapman, Boston
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Brendan King of the Jews Lizzie Stranton, a reimagining of Lysistrata by Lydia R. Diamond, author of the and The Bluest Eye diventare Fallujah Our Lady Exposed by Robert Brustein, co-produced with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre by Kirsten Greenidge, co-produced with New Repertory Theatre, and a
Wark’s Daddy Issues, a remount of Kirsten Greenidge’s Memorial, Andrew Joseph Clarke’s Faithless, Leo McGann’s The Honey Trap, Samantha Noble’s Franklin, and Mary Conroy’s Every Piece of Me
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